Al Page, professor and head of managerial studies, along with his former PhD student, Gary Schirr, who is now an assistant professor at Radford University, won the Thomas P. Hustad Best Paper Award for the Outstanding Professional Contribution in the Journal of Product Innovation Management in 2008. The award for their article titled “Growth and Development of a Body of Knowledge: 16 Years of New Product Development Research 1989-2004.”, was announced Saturday night at the Product Development & Management Association’s Annual Research Conference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA.